Low-Income Housing Tax Credits & Seniors in Virginia, 2017

Virginia’s 2017 QAP defines elderly housing as any development intended to provide housing for elderly persons as an exemption to the provisions regarding familial status under the United States Fair Housing Act.

If all bathrooms have an independent or supplemental heat source. (1 point)

If all entrance doors to each unit have two eye viewers, one at 42” and the other at standard height. (1 point)

In addition, Virginia awards points to units that include the Authority’s universal design features, if the proposed developments’ architect is on the Authority’s list of universal design certified architects. 15 points are available if all the units in an elderly development meet this requirement, or 15 points multiplied by the percentage of units meeting this requirement for non-elderly developments.

This Working Paper looks at the combination of incentives state agencies are using in their LIHTC programs for affordable housing in neighborhoods with economic growth, quality schools, low crime, and access to...